Irene Kurka
The multifaceted soprano Irene Kurka received many awards and scholarships. She sings recitals, opera and oratorio throughout Germany, Europe and the United States. In her lively interpretations, Irene Kurka is always experimenting and seeking new ways to present contemporary and classic music in concert.
Within the realm of contemporary music, she is in great demand; many composers (Eggert, Corbett, Weeks, Muntendorf, Frey, Kampe, Seither, Brass, Beuger, Pisaro etc.) wrote and dedicated new creative output for her to perform as well as record. She has premiered over 330 pieces.
For a number of years, Irene has focused on exploring the repertoire for solo voice in concert and CD productions (often with the Bayerische Rundfunk). The versatile soprano has already been awarded several prizes and scholarships.
In April 2018, Irene Kurka launched the podcast “neue musik leben” as a platform to share her wealth of experience working as a soprano and to make new music more accessible to a worldwide audience. She is cooperating with the nmz (Neue Musikzeitung) and she has published three books about her experience with "neue musik leben".
Irene has curated “Irene kurka lädt ein: Future Singing“ in Duesseldorf since 2021 among other projects like “Play on demand”, “Metropolitan 1-3”.
Concerts with Hezarfen Ensemble Istanbul, e-mex, musikFabrik, notabu, Wandelweiser, Ensemble Garage. She performed at Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Radio France Paris, Konzerthaus Berlin, IGNM Basel, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, L’auditori Barcelona, Theater Dortmund, Arte Biennale Venedig, Musica Sacra Maastricht, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, Acht Brücken – Musik für Köln, Cafe Oto London, Counterflow Festival Glasgow, Muziek Biennale Niederrhein, A.DEvantgarde-Festival München and many others.
